Researching Jacob Viner
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 973 people with the Viner surname? In that year Viner was ranked number 2616 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jacob means "the supplanter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jacob Viner on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jacob Viner and the Viner Family History
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Some Famous People called Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner (3 May 1892 – 12 September 1970) was a Canadian economist and is considered with Frank Knight and Henry Simons to be one of the "inspiring" mentors of the early Chicago school of economics in the 1930s: he was one of the leading figures of the Chicago faculty. Paul Samuelson named Viner (along with Harry Gunnison Brown, Allyn Abbott Young, Henry Ludwell Moore, Frank Knight, Wesley Clair Mitchell, and Henry Schultz) as one of the several "American saints in economics" born after 1860. He was an important figure in the field of political economy.
Source: Jacob Viner, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Viner
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Vanier Vannar Vanner Vannier Veneur Venmore Venner Venneur Venor Venour Vigneri Vignery Vomer Vyner
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